Open Source in this context means that to the extent possible, All
designs both hardware and software will be developed using open
source solutions.Any and all exceptions will be determined by
system and developmental requirements.

If you have the proper
skill sets, be sure to sign up to be evaluated for access to our
project collaboration servers.

Our
Charter Mission

Our goal is through donations of time money and skills by various
private and government contributors, to design, build,
construct
in orbit, and populate a series of orbital based biospheres (Or Torus's,) capable of safely
supporting a relatively large population. acting as a large
scale solar energy platform. As well as preserving earths
varied plant and animal life forms as both a safe haven against
future disasters and as a universal life support system
for hopefully, not to distant future inter-planetary missions or
even colonization. And as advanced
microgravity research platforms as well as commercial production facilities.

The ship currently only with a working name of
"The Earth Ships", Would be placed in geostationary orbit . And would
also provide a long term space based laboratory and astronomical
observatory, and high end space based living accommodations.

This project will NOT be completed over night, in fact,
this project may take anywhere from a decade to several decades to
complete depending on funding and research results, although we hope
for faster results than could be achieved from any government
program of similar ambition. We are completely dependent on Private
and Corporate donations for our existence and our success or failure
to achieve our goals.

Quote:
To confine our attention to
terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

Stephen Hawking (1942- )

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"The earth
is the cradle of humankind, but one
cannot live in the cradle forever"
,

Russian rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1895

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"Earth is
too small a basket for mankind to keep
all its eggs in." ,

science-fiction
writer Robert Heinlein

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"Since, in
the long run, every planetary
civilization will be endangered by
impacts from space, every surviving
civilization is obliged to become
space faring - not because of exploratory
or romantic zeal, but for the most
practical reason imaginable: staying
alive.",

astronomer-author Carl Sagan,
1994

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"The
dinosaurs became extinct because they
didn't have a space program. And if we
become extinct because we don't have a
space program, it'll serve us right!"
.